It's the little game in vogue before each competition, whether it's the football World Cup or the pétanque tournament in Tiresac-la-Joyeuse.

Imagine the best draw, and also the worst, for a given team, with a good dose of subjectivity and bad faith.

Here's what it looks like for our two proud representatives in the Champions League.

Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille will know their group stage opponents (from September 6 to November 2) this Thursday after the draw which will begin around 6 p.m. in Istanbul.

The best draw

  • For PSG:

We can very well imagine a group in which the champion of France, versed in hat 1, would find himself with RB Leipzig (hat 2), RB Salzburg (hat 3) and Maccabi Haifa (hat 4).

The Germans, who sold Nordi Mukiele to Paris, started their season badly, with a defeat against Bayern in the Super Cup (3-5) then two draws and a defeat in the first three days of the Bundesliga.

The Austrians and the Israelis do not seem likely to worry the players of Christophe Galtier, especially if Mbappé, Messi, Neymar and company retain their attacking appetite.

Here is the (almost) composition of the hats of the Champions League draw!

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  • For OM:

Residents of hat 4, the Marseillais have an interest in burning a few candles at Notre-Dame de la Garde so as not to fall on too heavy.

In hat 1, that of the leaders, we could bet on Eintracht Frankfurt, winner of the Europa League, but we will rather target Ajax Amsterdam, which lost big this summer between Sébastien Haller (Dortmund, before being diagnosed testicular cancer), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United) and Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich), perhaps waiting for Antony (very courted by Man U).

And then, as for PSG, we go to RB Leipzig (hat 2) and RB Salzburg (hat 3).

The worst draw

  • For PSG:

Okay, Liverpool (hat 2) really aren't at their best right now, to the point of managing to lose to Manchester United.

But it is hard to imagine Jurgen Klopp, Mohamed Salah and company not reacting, especially since Europe inspires the six-time winner of the C1, finalist (very) unhappy in the last edition against Real Madrid at the Stade de France.

If we add Inter Milan (hat 3) and Glasgow Rangers (hat 4), this can give a pool where Paris could experience some scares.

  • For OM:

Duels between teams from the same country being impossible in pool, no double OM – PSG meeting to be expected.

But Marseille can very well end up with Real Madrid, Liverpool and Inter Milan.

In which case, a whole city would begin to tremble at the idea of ​​reliving the 2013-2014 Champions League campaign, which ended with a zero point.

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